Gloucester Road Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Wow, thanks for all of the info on trunking. So while waiting for the glue and paint to dry I had a little ballast left over so did some work over the bridge after exiting the country station Then two locos were held up due to all the stuff on the tracks. Like I said I had some ballast left over so I did some work with motors, trunking and cabling. Now having read, above, that trunking is normally in the cess I found myself with a dilema, either put trunking inbetween the track or on the nearside. There is no room on the far side and if it went nearside you wouldn't see it; so in the centre it is. Here is the before And the after I was pleased how this turned out so, as the eagle eyed may have spotted in the first picture, I added trunking and cabling to the point that allows access to the off scene powerplant. Its a slow and fiddly process but worth it, I think. So the rest of the trunking will be glued down and then await for the ballast to arrive. Stephen 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrSimon Posted February 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13, 2013 Hey - looks good! That ratio trunking's very detailed Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee m22 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 There would be exceptions to every rule. I'm sure somewhere there is trunking between lines:) It's looking really good! I was in a model shop earlier and nearly brought a load after seeing you put it to good use. Look forward to seeing more pics soon! Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 So after an amazingly stressful week of flying I spent some time relaxing by ballasting and planting grass I ballasted some of the upper level track, pics once its dried and cleaned up. I also decided that the sidings for Angus ltd was too clean so grass was planted in the area. Pics of the other ballasting to follow shortly. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hi Stephen, The overgrown siding's are Looking really good, Not sure i would find ballasting relaxing though. Cheers Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee m22 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Looking great! The long grass looks excellent around the trackwork Yep, a bit of ballasting would chill me out (not that my flying very stressful!) Regards Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) After this week anything would be less stressful. Well here we are. All grassed, ballasted, point motors instalked, with cabling and trunking. Only as far as the platform today, maybe more tomorrow, need to glue down platform first though. Now off to watch Prometheus. Stephen Edited February 24, 2013 by Gloucester Road 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee m22 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 It must be immensely relaxing once you've finished a load of ballasting and the scene looks as good as this at the end! Lee 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Thanks for the kind comment Lee. 47474 was captured this morning working the ballast train; some minor tweaks to this area and the engineers declared it fit for service. Seeing how it snowed again overnight maybe some more ballasting today, once the driveway is cleared. Stephen. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 With the driveway cleared and the boys building snow forts I disappeared for awhile to the train room. Ballasting and grass was started on the other end of the platform. The platform has been glued down too so the station has been partially ballasted too. The platform Michael Palin was seen entering the station Stephen 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Layout is looking great Stephen. Lots of nice details. Regards Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 This layout has come on no end since my last visit. Well done stephen The cable trunking looks spot on to me. Think I may buy the same ones for milton grove. keep up the good work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 37 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Hi Stephen, I've really enjoyed looking through your thread. You have a very nice layout and whilst looking at it I found myself having to constantly remind myself "this is N guage". Really good stuff and keep it up. Looking forward to some more. All the best, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 After a flourish of modeling at the beginin of my week home things have slowed a bit; I've been enjoying running trains. Its been school vacation week here in New Hampshire so activities with the family have come first. However today its tipping it down with rain which is making a mess out side as we have/had three feet of snow on the ground.So the boys are curled up with a laptop and wii for the rest of the day. It dawned on me today that it's ten years since I started a subscription to Model Rail. So out came my binders of back issues; it is amazing how far our hobby has come in ten years. I was poking through the isues from 2006 when Farish and Dapol were each coming out with there respective class 66, very interesting to see Farish and Dapol have have really upped the came in N as they try and out do each other. I was also stuck with how Model Rail has changed over the years, through different formats, reporting styles, paper and binding styles. Each change I think has kept the magazine up to date and well worth the subscription. My other thought was what has happened to some of the layouts featured. There are some really good ones and I wondered if people and layouts featured had moved onto other things and interests or were still enjoying their layouts and hobby. For example, my current layout is my third in ten years, each one is better (I hope) than the last and has built on the knowledge gained through the previous experience. However do others complete a layout play awhile and move on? Do you keep the previous layout, sell it, rip it up? I was lucky that layout #2 was given to the boys and we now happily play trains together: though I do lose to computers/wii . Anyway those are my rabbling thoughts on a wet day. Long may our hobby continue, interested to see what happens in the next ten years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) So it been a rough week; normally I stear away from personal issues on rmweb but this one is really concerning. My wife who has been cancer free for five years now had a really awful reaction to her cancer medication has week. It's a synthetic thyroid hormone and she went off the charts this week. So we have been in and out of Drs and Emergency rooms most of this week, so between playing Mr mum and shutlling to and from Drs there has been no modeling. In a free minute the works trains were readied to do some ballasting, we went "old school" for motive power with a 37 and 56 showing up or work 37419 was first to arrive with spent ballast 56074 was then attached to the ballast train. 08921 was seen shunting some of the old sleepers 56074 arrived in the station area ready to spread the ballast Hopefully if the ballasting happens there will be pictures of it tomorrow. Stephen Edited for spelling Edited March 13, 2013 by Gloucester Road 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Layout is looking very good Stephen, that first photo gives nice shot not often seen, I also like the story to the trains. More importantly I hope your good lady's health improves. Cheers Graham. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2013 Stephen Some nice shots. I hope she is recovering. I spent quite a bit of time at hospital last year with visting a some one close (luckily turned out not to be cancer but things did get very iffy at one point) and the hospital wasn't close by either. The post op medication still causing concern. However, doing even a little bit of modelling or playing trains really helped relieve the pressures of what was going on at the time. Good to see you have found a little bit of time to do so. All the best for the two of you. Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee m22 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I would echo what Graham and Ian have said. All the best to you both. Lee 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 So I'm looking at weathering and detailing the Dapol NSE class 121; there are some really nice pictures available to look at. However I'm torn, do I simply detail and weather so it looks similar to this http://www.hondawanderer.com/55025_Salisbury_1993.htm Or do I paint a bit and make it like this http://www.hondawanderer.com/55029_Ridgmont_1994.htm I must say I like the added red and white bits and the overall cleanliness of the second pic. Thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi Stephen, I would definitely go with the clean version, will stand out much more with the added paintwork. Graham. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 The red buffer beam version is the best. I plan to do the same to my class 121, remeber spending ages watching these go bye as bletchley depot is only a 10min walk away. I hope your good lady is ok. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi Stephen, I would definitely go with the clean version, will stand out much more with the added paintwork. Graham. I'd go with this version, but perhaps a bit of dirt on the bogies and underframes so it doesn't look like you've just taken it out of the box and put it on the layout when compared with the rest of your fleet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee m22 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Black sheep as he right idea! Best of both worlds then Regards Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloucester Road Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Mrs is doing a bit better today so I did a bit of modelling. I went with the red/white paint for my 121, however I did weather it a bit . For it to have survived to my time period it would have worked hard, so its not as pristine as the one pictured earlier. The fronts The sides Pretty happy with how its come out, a different version of the NSE paint. Well if time permits some of the ballasting from earlier will actually happen today. Stephen 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Looks really nice Stephen, Subtle bit of weathering is spot on. Graham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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